Author Archives: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey

The Electoral Commission has been ordered by a Human Rights Court in Accra to make public all assets and audited statements of accounts of political parties in the country. This follows a suit filed by a private citizen, Lolan Ekow Sagoe-Moses, and pressure group Citizens Ghana Movement (CGM), who prayed the court to compel the Commission to enforce the provisions ...

Dr. Patrick Atobrah, the acting Medical Director of the Upper East Regional Hospital, Bolgatanga, has said five out of the 10 doctors in the facility have plans to go for further studies, which would affect healthcare delivery. The 10 doctors, including three from Cuba, offer services to a population of about 2.6 million people in the Region, and takes referral ...

Hopes of survival for aone-month-old baby Salifu Faiziatu who was born with Spinal Bifida, is at the all-time high, following the donation by the McDan Foundation for her surgery. Spinal Bifida is a birth defect in which a developing baby’s spinal cord fails to develop properly. Causes of spinal bifida are varied in nature – ranging from genetic, nutritional, and ...

In a bid to work towards attaining appreciable development levels in their district, representatives of Ga South District Assembly paid a working visit to the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) to seek further details on factors which accounted for their low ranking on the 2017 District League Table. In 2017, the Ga South District ranked 203th nationally with a ...

Philippe Coutinho scored his first Barcelona goal as the Spanish side beat Valencia to reach a record fifth successive Copa del Rey final. Coutinho, making his fifth appearance since a £142m move from Liverpool, came on in the second half and acrobatically steered home from Luis Suarez’s cross. That put Barca, cup winners in the past three years, 2-0 up ...

Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari is on trial with Spanish club Deportivo La Coruna. According to Spanish media outlet Marca, the 33-year old midfielder will train with the La Liga side over the next couple of weeks and will sign on a free transfer if he impresses. Deportivo Head Coach is Muntari’s former team mate at AC Milan, Clarence Seedorf and ...

President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bice Osei Kuffuor, has eulogized the late Dancehall artiste, Ebony Reigns who passed away on Thursday evening in a tragic accident. According to Mr. Kuffuor, known as Obuor in the music circles, Ebony was one of the strong favourites to be named Artiste of the Year at the 2018 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday delivered his second State of the Nation Address in Parliament. Akufo-Addo used the opportunity to account for his stewardship since he took over the administration of the country on January 7, 2017. He touched on every facet of the economy explaining how his administration has fared so far. On sanitation, the president said, ...